Kerry calls for "all hands on deck" in Ebola fight
- 10 years ago
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STORY: Speaking on the Ebola crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said no one country alone would be able to fight the spread of the disease.
"Meeting this crisis is gonna require that we draw on each other's collective experience and our collective capacities. No one country, no individual group of nations is gonna resolve this problem by themselves. This is going to take a collective, global response, all hands on deck. That's the only way to get it done," Kerry said, addressing diplomats at an event focusing on the U.S. response to Ebola.
Warning of a costly and possibly long fight ahead, Kerry urged countries to contribute more funds and resources, including vehicles, mobile laboratories, hospital beds and healthcare workers. The deadly virus has killed nearly 4,500 people, mostly in West Africa.
"Of the 1 billion in needs that are estimated by the U.N., I regret to say we are barely a third of the way there. If we don
STORY: Speaking on the Ebola crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said no one country alone would be able to fight the spread of the disease.
"Meeting this crisis is gonna require that we draw on each other's collective experience and our collective capacities. No one country, no individual group of nations is gonna resolve this problem by themselves. This is going to take a collective, global response, all hands on deck. That's the only way to get it done," Kerry said, addressing diplomats at an event focusing on the U.S. response to Ebola.
Warning of a costly and possibly long fight ahead, Kerry urged countries to contribute more funds and resources, including vehicles, mobile laboratories, hospital beds and healthcare workers. The deadly virus has killed nearly 4,500 people, mostly in West Africa.
"Of the 1 billion in needs that are estimated by the U.N., I regret to say we are barely a third of the way there. If we don